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EE Times on IP over ATM

  • From: onvural@vnet.ibm.com
  • Date: Thu, 28 Mar 96 12:45:11 EST

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Subject: Re: EE Times on IP over ATM                                           
>All you really need is something above the SAR layer                          
>that relays AAL5 SDUs.                                                        
>This would not have to have any layer 3 awareness.                            
>All that needs to be done                                                     
>is to re-assemble AAL5 SDUs and relay them out on                             
>the appropriate hop to the                                                    
>next switch (or next VC).  This is basically what                             
>an MCS is.                                                                    
>pete                                                                          
You donot need to reassemble an SDU other than to do error checking.           
All we need to do is to put all cells of a packet in a buffer                  
and schedule for transmission after the last cell arrives,                     
which does not require any reassembly.                                         
Raif